All Operator news articles – Page 361
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MT ArticleAdvanced Supply Chain launches logistics consultancy service
Ambitious Bradford-based operator Advanced Supply Chain has launched a consultancy service offering logistics advice to SMEs.The operator, which has predicted a turnover of £100m within five years, is targeting the new Consultancy Plus service at smaller businesses. The first company to benefit from the new service, Lancashire-based soft furnishings supplier ...
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MT ArticleMBO at APC member Derby Express Couriers (Overnight)
The management team at Derby Express Couriers (Overnight) have completed a management buy-out (MBO).The Derby-based overnight courier company, which is part of the APC Overnight parcel delivery network, was sold by founding shareholder Nick Taylor to directors Lorraine Sharp and Susan Hill.“Susan and I are privileged to be able to ...
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MT ArticleHarlequin Logistics hauls a bigger breakfast
Harlequin Logistics is now running about a dozen 15.65m trailers on its Kellogg’s operation, as part of the government’s 10-year trial of longer semi-trailers.Four of the five members of the year-old haulier consortium - Currie European, John Raymond Transport, Jack Richards & Son and Prestons of Potto - are running ...
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MT ArticleRussian Railways to buy 75% of Gefco
JSC Russian Railways (RZD), is in talks to buy 75% of Gefco, the logistics arm of cash-strapped car maker PSA Peugeot Citroën for €800m (£640m).PSA Peugeot Citroën said the proposed deal should speed Gefco's growth by creating a business with enhanced reach in logistics services linking Europe and Asia.The existing ...
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MT ArticleDHL staff to strike in North Lanarkshire over pay
DHL has said a 'generous offer' has been made to staff at its Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire depot who have voted for strike action.Union Unite Scotland said that over 350 warehousing and logistics employees at DHL’s Westfield site in the area rejected DHL's offer of a 2% annual increase, to run ...
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MT ArticleCitySprint sees June retail deliveries rise but experiences Olympics slump
CitySprint experienced a 41% rise in same day retail deliveries in June, but saw a 15% drop in orders during the Olympic games.The same day distribution company reported that orders were up 10% on figures for April and May, during a month of unseasonably wet weather that saw shoppers avoiding ...
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MT ArticleCondor Logistics sees volumes increase after joining Palletways
Condor Logistics has appointed 10 new staff members as well as taking delivery of seven new vehicles across the Iveco range as it looks to adapt to an increase of 120 consignments per day since it joined the Palletways last year.The Portsmouth-based operator expects this number to rise to 200 ...
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MT ArticleFormer Norbert Dentressangle FD joins Bibby Distribution
Richard Morson, the former finance director at Norbert Dentressangle, has joined Bibby Distribution in the same, newly-created, role.Bibby has created a finance director position to strengthen its senior management – Morson was also formerly group financial controller at TDG and has 11 years experience in the industry.“[Morson] is an advocate ...
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MT ArticlePalmer-Baunack becomes Stobart deputy chief executive
Former Autologic chief executive Avril Palmer-Baunack has been appointed as deputy chief executive of Stobart Group.Palmer-Baunack also joins the board of directors at Stobart, which completed its acquisition of car transporter giant Autologic last month.Former deputy chief executive Richard Butcher becomes chief executive for Stobart’s property businessAt the same time ...
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MT ArticleYodel chief executive Jonathan Smith to leave
Jonathan Smith is to leave Yodel at the end of the year after leading the company through the integration of HDNL and the domestic B2B and B2C parts of DHL Express (UK), Motortransport.co.uk can reveal.A successor to Smith will be sought, but in the interim he will work alongside executive ...
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MT ArticleMeachers splashes out on 16 Actros trucks
Meachers Global Logistics has made its biggest investment in LGVs this year, after it splashed out £1.25m on 16 new Mercedes-Benz tractors.The modernisation programme will see the company taking delivery of the Mercedes Actros trucks in the months leading up to Christmas.They will operate out of Meachers’ headquarters in Nursling, ...
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MT ArticleCanute spends £1.2m on 11 tri-axle trailers
Canute Haulage has invested more than £1.2m in 11 bespoke forklift trailers for its contract with materials equipment provider Barloworld Handling.The order includes nine 13.6m and two 10.9m trailers, with the latter designed for making deliveries within London and the south east.The tri-axle step frame trailers have curtainside bodywork with ...
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MT ArticleYearsley expansion plans run into trouble
Yearsley Group's plans for a new cold storage facility south of Peterborough have run into trouble, after the local council raised concerns about its impact on daylight, and the number of staff that might be employed there.Yearsley wants to construct a new cold store at the Gateway Peterborough ...
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MT ArticleGeodis Calberson opens three new UK depots
Geodis Calberson has opened three new regional UK DCs as part of its five-year expansion plan.In addition to its 11 sites operating across the country, it has recently opened DCs at West Thurrock in East London, Wythenshawe in Manchester and Hedge End in Southampton.Geodis Calberson said the new warehouses would ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart Doncaster staff vote for strike action
Drivers at Eddie Stobart’s Doncaster DC have voted for strike action, in response to the operator's announcement last week that it would be making them redundant.Unite says more than 150 drivers, from a total of 183, voted for strike action at the site that was previously part of Tesco’s distribution ...
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MT ArticleDavid Price Food Service enters into CVA
Newcastle-based David Price Food Services has secured a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) that will see its unsecured creditors paid 38p in the pound on debts of about £2.1m.The arrangement, which the firm said was approved by more than 99% of creditors at a meeting on Wednesday 5 September, safeguards the ...
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MT ArticleAmazon to open of three more UK distribution centres
Online retailer Amazon will open another three DCs across the UK, following the opening of its Hemel Hempstead depot last week.The opening of the new depots are expected to create a further 2,000 jobs over the next two years, with 800 permanent positions created at the Hemel Hempstead fulfilment centre."We ...
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MT ArticleFormer Mercedes-Benz boss joins Howard Tenens
Former Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles MD Ian Jones has become a non-executive director at Stroud, Gloucestershire-based family-owned distribution firm Howard Tenens.Howard Tenens chairman and chief executive, Peter Morris, said: “Ian’s breadth of experience in the global commercial vehicle industry will add significant value to Howard Tenens.”Jones said he was “delighted” to ...
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MT ArticleUnite attacks Stobart's plan to make Doncaster drivers redundant
The Unite union has accused Tesco of getting Stobart Group “to do its dirty work” for it, after the 183 drivers based at the operator’s Doncaster DC were told they faced possible redundancy.Eddie Stobart revealed its plans to staff at the DC yesterday (5 September), confirming Unite’s worst fears following ...
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MT ArticleAspray Transport to expand capacity
Express delivery firm Aspray Transport will shortly begin constructing a new 10,000 pallet high-bay storage facility at its Willenhall, West Midlands hub.Construction of the 17m high facility, which will also include an area for block stacking, will begin in October.The firm, which recently bought over five acres of additional land ...